Belfast barber offers haircuts to Merseyside dementia patients
A barber from Belfast has travelled to a care home in Wallasey to offer haircuts to people with dementia.
Source: BBC News | Health | UK Edition - July 20, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A jugular vein compression collar prevents alterations of endogenous electrocortical dynamics following blast exposure during special weapons and tactical (SWAT) breacher training - Bonnette S, Diekfuss JA, Kiefer AW, Riley MA, Barber Foss KD, Thomas S, Dicesare CA, Yuan W, Dudley J, Reches A, Myer GD.
Exposure to explosive blasts places one at risk for traumatic brain injury, especially for special weapons and tactics (SWAT) and military personnel, who may be repeatedly exposed to blasts. In the current study, the effectiveness of a jugular vein compres...
Source: SafetyLit - July 13, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Burns, Electricity, Explosions, Fire, Scalds Source Type: news

Stroke survivor, 72, crossed a half marathon finish line after doctors said she would never walk
Elizabeth Barber, 72, from St Albans, Hertfordshire, was found slumped at the bottom of her stairs after suffering a life-changing stroke in August 2016. Left paralysed, doctors did not expect her to recover.
Source: the Mail online | Health - June 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Rehabilitation trajectories and outcomes in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury and psychiatric histories: a TRACK-TBI pilot study - Bertisch H, Satris G, Temkin N, Barber J, Manley GT.
OBJECTIVE: To determine differences in rehabilitation trajectories and return to work (RTW) and social outcomes in individuals with mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) with and without significant psychiatric histories at index hospitalization. SETTING: Thr...
Source: SafetyLit - June 9, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

Reduced dual-task gait speed is associated with visual Go/No-Go brain network activation in children and adolescents with concussion - Howell DR, Meehan WP, Barber Foss KD, Reches A, Weiss M, Myer GD.
OBJECTIVE: To investigate the association between dual-task gait performance and brain network activation (BNA) using an electroencephalography (EEG)-based Go/No-Go paradigm among children and adolescents with concussion. METHODS: Participants with...
Source: SafetyLit - June 5, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

Senior Care Pharmacist: Specialized in Medication Management
Care for older Americans is a team sport involving physicians and other practitioners who have special expertise caring for this population. In the coming months, watch for columns about these different team members. This month Al Barber, PharmD, CGP, talks about the role of the senior care pharmacist.
Source: Caring for the Ages - June 1, 2018 Category: Health Management Tags: Caring Source Type: news

Amantadine did not positively impact cognition in chronic traumatic brain injury: a multi-site, randomized, controlled trial - Hammond F, Sherer M, Malec JF, Zafonte RD, Dikmen S, Bogner JA, Bell K, Barber J, Temkin N.
Despite limited evidence to support the use of amantadine to enhance cognitive function after traumatic brain injury, the clinical use for this purpose is highly prevalent and is often based on inferred belief systems. The purpose of this study was to asse...
Source: SafetyLit - May 14, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Economics of Injury and Safety, PTSD, Injury Outcomes Source Type: news

State-level analysis of school punitive discipline practices in Florida - Gagnon JC, Gurel S, Barber BR.
The purpose of this study was to identify statewide trends in school approaches to student discipline and examine the associations between punitive discipline practices and student, school, and local education agency (LEA) characteristics. In addition, we ...
Source: SafetyLit - April 23, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Tags: Age: Adolescents Source Type: news

A barber soothes a child with autism by singing
Cutting Jordie Rowland's hair gave barber Lisa Ann McKenzie an idea: a day at her shop reserved just for kids with special needs.
Source: CNN.com - Health - March 30, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

A barber shop where customers get their medical checkups
A visit to the barber usually means a trim, maybe a shave -- and some conversation. CBS News chief medical correspondent Dr. Jon LaPook takes us to a barber shop where costumers also get much needed medical checkups.
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 26, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

Autism, Haircuts And A Nursery Rhyme
Haircuts can be traumatic for autistic children. It took two years for Australian barber Lisa Ann McKenzie to give Jordie Rowland a cut. The breakthrough was singing a favorite nursery rhyme.
Source: NPR Health and Science - March 21, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How a visit to the barber shop can help lower blood pressure
Black men reduced one of their biggest medical risks through a novel project that shows the power of familiar faces and trusted places to improve health
Source: Health News: CBSNews.com - March 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

How Barbershops Could Play a Role in Lowering Blood Pressure
A new study suggests that barbershops can provide more than just a hair trim; they can also help improve the health of their patrons. The report, published in the New England Journal of Medicine, found that black men who visited a barbershop with a pharmacist-led blood pressure program had significantly better blood pressure levels six months later. Black men have the highest rates of high blood pressure compared to any other racial, ethnic or gender group. They are also much less likely to go to the doctor compared to black women. In this experiment and others, public health interventions have targeted barbershops in or...
Source: TIME: Health - March 12, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Authors: Alexandra Sifferlin Tags: Uncategorized healthytime public health Source Type: news

Managing blood pressure in barbershops yields substantial improvements
(American College of Cardiology) African-American men who received medical intervention aimed at controlling their high blood pressure while at the barber saw a marked drop in blood pressure in just six months, according to research presented at the American College of Cardiology's 67th Annual Scientific Session.
Source: EurekAlert! - Social and Behavioral Science - March 12, 2018 Category: International Medicine & Public Health Source Type: news

Hull woman kept alive using antibodies from rabbits
Michelle Barber, 37, from Hull, received a second kidney from her father and had an injection of Anti Thymocyte Globulin (ATG) from the small mammal in the hope it would work.
Source: the Mail online | Health - March 7, 2018 Category: Consumer Health News Source Type: news

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